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  West Chicago Community High School Class of 1963

Remembering West Chicago Community High School: ​Commencement

Almost every major event in our lives calls for some amount of planning; even our graduation!  Near the end of our senior year, we were given the opportunity to order invitations to our graduation ceremony.  This was probably the school's way to avoid over flowing our Commencement Hall or the Bishop Gymnasium, if you prefer.  Here's what our invitations looked like:
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Invitation Cover (from the Reid Simmons collection)
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Invitation proper (from the Reid Simmons collection)
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Back in June of 1963, graduation was probably the most important event in our lives.  Some of us were just glad to be out of school, period.  Some of us looked forward to college.  Some of us looked forward to starting a career in the military or business or construction or manufacturing.  Some of us looked forward to getting out of the house and living on our own.  Some of us may have been planning to get married and start a family.  Whatever your future plans were, graduation meant that our high school lives were ending and the rest of our lives were beginning.  The following four images are our graduation program:
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Graduation Program (from the Reid Simmons collection)

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Graduation Program (from the Reid Simmons collection)
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Graduation Program (from the Reid Simmons collection)

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Graduation Program (from the Reid Simmons collection)

Remembering West Chicago Community High School: ​Days

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1963 Challenge page 4.
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1963 Challenge page 5.

Remembering West Chicago Community High School: ​Achievements

Well over a third of our high school graduating class went on to college!
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West Chicago Press, June 1963

Other interesting stories about some of our classmates:
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West Chicago Press, June 1963

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West Chicago Press, June 1963
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West Chicago Press, June 1963

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West Chicago Press, June 1963
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West Chicago Press, June 1963

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West Chicago Press, June 1963

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West Chicago Press, June 1963

$17,680 in Scholarships to WCCHS Students.
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West Chicago Press, June 6, 1963, page 6

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